![]() ![]() But with great availability must also come great responsibility, as every company has realized the potential of a hit anime show on their service, and new mergers between streamers make it harder to know where you can watch what. It’s never been easier to be an anime fan, with dedicated streaming services offering the latest episode of the biggest shows mere hours after their initial Japanese broadcast, and even mainstream services diving into the medium with original productions or exciting acquisitions. ![]() ![]() Nowadays, as the streaming wars continue to rage, anime is so widely available that you no longer have to shell out hundreds of dollars for a VHS set or rely on pirated versions of new episodes with subtitles made by fans who took liberties of their own in the translation. And, for the most part, we’ve moved beyond the dark days of groan-inducing censorship and mistranslations, even if the differences still persist. But we’re long past the times where anime shows were reedited and repackaged into entirely new shows like Robotech and Voltron. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos by Funimation, CrunchyRoll, Hulu and Amazon Primeįrom the moment Astro Boy was first broadcast on NBC in 1963, anime has been a part of American TV-watching habits, whether audiences knew they were watching anime, or thought it was just another cartoon. From the top: Ping Pong the Animation, Akira, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Evangelion 3.0+1.0. ![]()
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